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Mammalia Collection (page 5)

Background imageMammalia Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, lateral view

Chimarrogale varennei, lateral view

Background imageMammalia Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, mandible

Chimarrogale varennei, mandible

Background imageMammalia Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal view

Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal view

Background imageMammalia Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal, ventral

Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal, ventral

Background imageMammalia Collection: Prosqualodon davidi, skull cast

Prosqualodon davidi, skull cast
Cast of the cranium of Prosqualodon davidi from the early Miocene of Tasmania, Australia (original skull no longer exists)

Background imageMammalia Collection: Horse-head engraved on bone

Horse-head engraved on bone
Late Pleistocene wild horses head engraved on the right fourth metatarsal bone of a horse, specimen (NHM 38745). Found among horse remains from the Late Magdalenian site of Roc du Courbet, Bruniquel

Background imageMammalia Collection: Dwarf elephant tooth

Dwarf elephant tooth
Tooth and jawbone of the dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, between 10, 000 and 800, 000 years old. This fossil tooth

Background imageMammalia Collection: Wallaces Orang Utan

Wallaces Orang Utan
Pongo pygmaeus, bornean orangutan specimen. An Alfred Russel Wallace specimen

Background imageMammalia Collection: Nasua nasua coati, South American coati

Nasua nasua coati, South American coati
Watercolour by Frederick Frohawk, 1902, from London Zoo resident Date: 1902

Background imageMammalia Collection: Funambulus sp. ; Palm squirrels carrying young

Funambulus sp. ; Palm squirrels carrying young
Watercolour by Olivia Tonge; c. 1912 Date: circa 1912

Background imageMammalia Collection: Hemitragus jemlahicus, Himalayan tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus, Himalayan tahr
Illustration from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: circa 1850

Background imageMammalia Collection: Rhinoceros unicornis, Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis, Indian Rhinoceros
Illustration from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection, c.1850 Date: circa 1850

Background imageMammalia Collection: Hystrix cristata; Crested Porcupine

Hystrix cristata; Crested Porcupine
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1823 Date: 1823

Background imageMammalia Collection: Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo
Hand coloured lithograph by John James Audubon from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1848. Date: 1848

Background imageMammalia Collection: Gazelles in Natural History Museum

Gazelles in Natural History Museum
Photograph of Gazelles in the Lower Mammal Gallery. 5th July 1892 Archive ref: PH/173/3 Date: 1892

Background imageMammalia Collection: Thomsons Gazelles in Natural History Museum

Thomsons Gazelles in Natural History Museum
Photograph of Thomsons Gazelles in the Lower Mammal Gallery. 5th July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/4 Date: 1892

Background imageMammalia Collection: Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892

Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892
Photograph of the Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/2 Date: 1892

Background imageMammalia Collection: The Shadow Dance

The Shadow Dance
Plate 17 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageMammalia Collection: A Happy Family

A Happy Family
Plate 13 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageMammalia Collection: Rival Monarchs

Rival Monarchs
Plate 15 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageMammalia Collection: Maternal Courage

Maternal Courage
Plate 14 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageMammalia Collection: Flying fox and myotis species

Flying fox and myotis species
Illustration from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: circa 1850

Background imageMammalia Collection: Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King

Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King
Articulated skeleton of an Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King

Background imageMammalia Collection: Vombatus ursinus, common wombat

Vombatus ursinus, common wombat
Plate 8 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Background imageMammalia Collection: Mammal Pavilion. 5th July 1892

Mammal Pavilion. 5th July 1892
Photograph of Giraffe and Rhinos in the Mammal Pavilion. 5th July 1892 Archive ref: PH/173/1 Date: 1892

Background imageMammalia Collection: The Avalanche

The Avalanche
Plate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageMammalia Collection: Dhole, Cuon alpinus

Dhole, Cuon alpinus.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Dogs published by W. H

Background imageMammalia Collection: Pygmy elephant tooth

Pygmy elephant tooth shown here next to one of normal size. Discovered around 1901 by Dorothea Bate (1878 - 1951)

Background imageMammalia Collection: Horses being used to transport a Basking shark from Brighton

Horses being used to transport a Basking shark from Brighton
Hand-drawn graphite and watercolour wash depicting the horses used to transport a Basking shark from North Audley Street, Brighton to London on a carriage pulled by 12 horses. 10th Dec 1812

Background imageMammalia Collection: Phyllotis chacoensis

Phyllotis chacoensis
Views of a Phyllotis chacoensis skull. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Background imageMammalia Collection: Drawing of a seal intestine

Drawing of a seal intestine by Edward Wilson. Drawn during the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole 1910-1913

Background imageMammalia Collection: Lepus Cuniculus, Rabbit

Lepus Cuniculus, Rabbit
Plate XVIII of a dissection of a Rabbit from Anatomy of Vertebrates by Daniel McAlpine, published in 1881

Background imageMammalia Collection: Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong

Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong
Plate 61 of Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong from John Goulds The Mammals of Australia, Vol. II 1863

Background imageMammalia Collection: Diphyllobothrium polyrugosum, tapeworm

Diphyllobothrium polyrugosum, tapeworm
Discovered inside a 3.8 metre killer whale washed up on a beach in Cornwall in 1978

Background imageMammalia Collection: Pongo pygmaeus, Orang utan

Pongo pygmaeus, Orang utan
This glorious orang utan was shot by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the mid-1800s



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